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/ref> The paratype specimen for the species, ''A. johnsoni'', is recorded to have a total length of 43 mm and a width of 38 mm, while the type specimens of ''A. sulcata'' is noted to have been up to 45 mm in length and 25 mm in width if complete.

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Prehistoric insects of Europe Fossil taxa described in 1906 {{cockroach-stub